National Affairs: Captive History

An American Library of Motion Picture History, a subdivision of the Department of the Interior, is a fancy bred in the head of motion picturedom. An attempt is to be made to put it into law, so that in the future true and infallible history may be unrolled by a few reels from the film library.

As a starter, the Rockett Lincoln Film Co. offered a copy of its twelve reel Dramatic Life of Abraham Lincoln to be deposited in a vault at the Smithsonian Institution, there to remain sealed until Feb. 12, 2109...

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